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frugal
(encz) | frugal,hospodárný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
frugal
(encz) | frugal,skromný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
frugal
(encz) | frugal,skrovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
frugal
(encz) | frugal,střídmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
frugal
(encz) | frugal,šetrný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Frugal
(gcide) | Frugal \Fru"gal\, a. [L. frugalis, fr. frugi, lit., for fruit;
hence, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of
frux, frugis, fruit, akin to E. fruit: cf. F. frugal. See
Fruit, n.]
1. Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not
wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application
of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by
frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal
housekeeper; frugal of time.
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I oft admire
How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit
Such disproportions. --Milton.
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2. Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal
fortune. "Frugal fare." --Dryden.
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frugal
(wn) | frugal
adj 1: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical
shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing
father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat
and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty
because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is
used only informally" [syn: economical, frugal,
scotch, sparing, stinting] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
frugality
(encz) | frugality,šetrnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
frugally
(encz) | frugally,hospodárně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
frugalness
(encz) | frugalness, n: |
Frugal
(gcide) | Frugal \Fru"gal\, a. [L. frugalis, fr. frugi, lit., for fruit;
hence, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of
frux, frugis, fruit, akin to E. fruit: cf. F. frugal. See
Fruit, n.]
1. Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not
wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application
of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by
frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal
housekeeper; frugal of time.
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I oft admire
How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit
Such disproportions. --Milton.
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2. Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal
fortune. "Frugal fare." --Dryden.
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Frugalities
(gcide) | Frugality \Fru*gal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Frugalities. [L. frugalitas:
cf. F. frugalit['e].]
1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful
management of anything valuable which expends nothing
unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable
purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.
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Frugality is founded on the principle that all
riches have
limits. --Burke.
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2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.
Syn: Economy; parsimony. See Economy.
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Frugality
(gcide) | Frugality \Fru*gal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Frugalities. [L. frugalitas:
cf. F. frugalit['e].]
1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful
management of anything valuable which expends nothing
unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable
purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.
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Frugality is founded on the principle that all
riches have
limits. --Burke.
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2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.
Syn: Economy; parsimony. See Economy.
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Frugally
(gcide) | Frugally \Fru"gal*ly\, adv.
Thriftily; prudently.
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Frugalness
(gcide) | Frugalness \Fru"gal*ness\, n.
Quality of being frugal; frugality.
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Infrugal
(gcide) | Infrugal \In*fru"gal\, a.
Not frugal; wasteful; as, an infrugal expense of time. --J.
Goodman.
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frugality
(wn) | frugality
n 1: prudence in avoiding waste [syn: frugality, frugalness] |
frugally
(wn) | frugally
adv 1: in a frugal manner; "in villages, the new pipeline marks
the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed
frugally, weighed out drop by drop" |
frugalness
(wn) | frugalness
n 1: prudence in avoiding waste [syn: frugality, frugalness] |
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